Zooko Wilcox is the founder and CEO of the Electric Coin Company. He is one of the original cypherpunks. Zooko is a long-serving technologist and entrepreneur. His experience spans open, decentralized systems; cryptography; information security; and startups. In more than 25 years in the industry, Zooko has contributed to an array of projects — many of which champion privacy implementations — including DigiCash, Mojo Nation, ZRTP, “Zooko’s Triangle,” Tahoe-LAFS, BLAKE2 and SPHINCS. He is the founder of the Electric Coin Company and Least Authority Enterprises, which uniquely empower individuals with the right to consent about how, when and to whom their personal data is shared. Zooko is on the advisory board at Bolt Labs, Tezos, and Brave. He serves on the board of directors for Agoric. He tweets often, about a range of topics. He used to blog about health science, as well.<br /><br />Howard Wu is a co-founder of Aleo, the first developer platform for fully private applications. Howard has a background in Theoretical Computer Science and Computer Security, with specific research interests in theoretical and applied cryptography, verifiable computing, and zero-knowledge proofs. Howard serves as an advisor to Blockchain at Berkeley and Dekrypt Capital, an investment firm focused on privacy-preserving technologies, blockchain infrastructure, and early-stage ventures.